DCist's November Theater Preview
So if October's the month for spooky productions and December is the time to get in the holiday spirit, what does November mean for D.C. Theater?
Looks like this month, it means a diverse catalogue of everything from Chinese Elvises to Katie Couric (ok, maybe some theaters are apparently still thinking "scary").
Actors' Theater of Washington has the camp-tastic Fatal Attraction: A Greek Tragedy, which will serve as a late-night follow-up to its current production, Never The Sinner, which we had mixed feelings about (Nov. 3).
Woolly Mammoth's latest, Martha, Josie and the Chinese Elvis looks wacky but wonderful (Nov 6).
Shakespeare Theater branches out a bit from its usual fare with The Beaux' Stratagem, a British societal comedy (Nov. 7).
Those of you who get annoyed when stores put up Christmas decorations before Thanksgiving even arrives won't be too pleased with Landless Theatre Co., Studio Theatre or Ford's Theater, who each have holiday-themed productions showing up a month early. Landless will stage A Christmas Story (Nov. 14), Studio performs A Long Christmas Ride Home (Nov. 15) and Ford's annual production of A Christmas Carol starts this month as well (Nov. 15).
Families have plenty to pick from on Nov. 15, when Round House Bethesda stages A Little Prince and Olney does the Rogers & Hammerstein version of Cinderella. And lest we forget, Katie Couric expands her empire into the playwright realm with The Brand New Kid at the Kennedy Center.
Can the Mel Brooks musical still shine without the charismatic duo of Nathan Lane and Matthew Broderick? Judge for yourself when The Producers comes to Warner Theater (Nov. 21).
Also this month
- Check out four different solo women performances running on various nights at Warehouse Theater in Horizons Theatre's Still Going Solo (Nov 1).
- The topical Throat makes its D.C. area premiere at Mead Theatre Lab (Nov. 1)
- The first local community theater take on Urinetown is staged in Kensington; after Signature Theater's triumph, they have big shoes to fill.
- Sing the praises of ice cream along with Arena Stage as they perform the charming She Loves Me (Nov. 17)
- They may not have Diddy, but that's probably a good thing. African Continuum does A Raisin In The Sun (Nov. 30)
- Keegan Theater performs Faith Healer (Nov. 30).
- A creepy gremlin takes the stage in Forum Theatre and Dance's Striker (Nov. 30)
Still playing
On Nov. 12, Orange Flower Water by Didactic Theater Company, Crestfall at Studio's Secondstage, Catalyst's Resistible Rise of Arturo Ui and Round House Silver Spring's Frankenstein close; the Nov. 19 weekend marks the end for Theatre Alliance's exceptional The Bluest Eye, Teatro De La Luna's Fiesta Del Teatro Hispano, Keegan's Agnes of God, Never The Sinner at ATW, Scena's The Insect Play and Natural Theatrical's Jocasta. And make sure that by Nov. 26, you've gotten your chance to see An Inspector Calls by Washington Stage Guild, Folger's A Midsummer Night's Dream, Washington Shakespeare Co.'s Equus, Rorschach's Monster, Signature's My Fair Lady and Theater J's Spring Forward Fall Back, which we recently reviewed. Keep your eyes peeled for reviews of Monster and Midsummer later this week.